Our staircase is terrifying. You can, if you so desire, fall directly into the kitchen from very near the top. Navigating them whilst heavily pregnant was...interesting.

To be fair to Humuhumu, she's learnt to be quite cautious because of them. She always hugs the inner wall when going up (on all fours) or down (on her bum). Now that she can reach the bannister - there is one on the wall but it doesn't go round the twist at the bottom - she sometimes walks up or down and she always goes slowly.